Since our last views on the Google phone that TechCrunch was positive on, there have been a couple of more rumors/speculation hitting the streets. While TC came under fire universally after predicting that the Google phone (where many are citing Google’s Andy Rubin who said that Google isn’t getting into hardware), there are a couple of reports (rather an update by TC and an analyst prediction) suggesting that Google won’t be making a conventional cellphone after all, instead it can possibly be a VOIP device with unlimited calling powered either by Google Voice and its latest acquisition Gizmo5 or something similar, while rendering regular carriers like AT&T and T-Mobile as just data pipes.
We aren’t new to Gphone rumors and till the time it launches, the number of such rumors will only increase. Rumors on the Apple iTablet have been flowing in for years now. For me it’s hard to believe that Google will actually get into hardware, especially since they have always been enablers of hardware with quality software. I would repeat something I said back in August 2007 before we had officially heard of the Android:
What it appears here is that Google will only partner with manufacturers and networks to better market its ads and apps on mobile. Hardware business is known for its thin margins and Google won’t get into such an uncharted territory. Instead it will look to maintain and concrete its position as a software developer. [Gphone Rumors]
While these words may change sometime in the future, with Google looking to earn more from the Gphone via a subscription model, this doesn’t look like something that can happen anytime soon, at least to me.
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